Routledge Revivals: Theatres of the Left 1880-1935 (1985)

Workers' Theatre Movements in Britain and America

Raphael Samuel, Ewan MacColl, Stuart Cosgrove (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

244 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-21446-0 (ISBN)

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First published in 1985, this book examines how workers theatre movements intended their performances to be activist — perceiving art as a weapon of struggle and enlightenment — and an emancipatory act. An introductory study relates left-wing theatre groupings to the cultural narratives of contemporary British socialism. The progress of the Workers’ Theatre Movement (1928-1935) is traced from simple realism to the most brilliant phase of its Russian and German development alongside which the parallel movements in the United States are also examined. A number of crucial texts are reprints as well as stage notes and glimpses of the dramaturgical controversies which accompanied them.

Raphael Samuel, Ewan MacColl, Stuart Cosgrove

Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: theatre and politics; Part 1 Theatre and socialism in Britain (1880-1935) Part 2 The Workers’ Theatre Movement (1926-1935) Part 3 The Yiddish-speaking WTM Part 4 The debate on naturalism Part 5 Proletkult: a view from the Plebs League Part 6 Some origins of Theatre Workshop Part 7 The political stage in the United States; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.08.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals: History Workshop Series
Zusatzinfo	16 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	720 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-21446-9 / 1138214469
ISBN-13	978-1-138-21446-0 / 9781138214460
Zustand	Neuware